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PLANO, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has ruled that a mother found guilty of drowning her two young daughters by reason of insanity 11 years ago no longer must participate in court-ordered mental health services. Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her 3- and 5-year-old daughters by holding their heads under water in the bathtub of their Plano home. A ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say criminal charges have been filed in the death of a 7-year-old Columbus girl who drowned while visiting her grandparents in California. The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1fSY3RP ) the body of Annielee Sweet Pea Palmer was recovered Thursday from the Coachella Canal in Riverside County, California. The canal diverts water from the Colorado River to ...

LIBERTY TWP., Ohio (AP) — A more than 125-ton piece of medical equipment is making its way to the Liberty Campus of Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The Dayton Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1KFvT7A ) the first piece of the hospital's cyclotron was expected to arrive by the end of July. The equipment powers proton laser beams that fight pediatric cancer. A second ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — He remembers hearing the helicopter's engine whine strangely, suddenly losing power, and how his last words were "oh no" before everything turned black. Leo Boucher woke up three days later in OhioHealth Grant Medical Center. From his chest down, he couldn't feel anything. And a year later, he remains partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Boucher, ...

(NBCNEWS) — Days before the first Republican debate, Donald Trump has surged into the national lead in the GOP primary race, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush following, a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll shows. Trump is the first choice of 19 percent of GOP primary voters, while [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates dismissed the dominance of Donald Trump in early primary polling, scrambling to position themselves days before their first debate. While candidates and their teams have spent hours privately strategizing how best to tackle the billionaire businessman in Thursday's debate, they publicly discounted the idea of Trump's rise even as a new poll showed the ...

(The Hill) The Iowa State Fair on Thursday said GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be allowed to fly children in his helicopter during the event next month. State Fair spokeswoman Mindy Williamson said Trump is not getting permission for the novel campaign attraction, according to The Des Moines Register. “He is welcome to [...]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Amnesty International says Muslims in the western part of Central African Republic are being forced to hide their religion or convert to Christianity under threat of death. The group said in a report Friday that bans against Muslims are happening outside areas under the protection of U.N. peacekeepers. A 23-year-old man told the rights group he ...

(Reuters) - A wildfire along northern California’s inland coastal range has now burned nearly 46,000 acres (18,615 hectares) and forced the closure of two highways, officials said on Sunday, after a second blaze near the Oregon border killed a firefighter.